Avogadro
A free, open-source molecular editor and 3D viewer for chemistry teaching and research.
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3 more ways to get Avogadro
Package managers
- Chocolatey
choco install avogadro - Homebrew
brew install --cask avogadro - Flathub
flatpak install flathub org.openchemistry.Avogadro2
About Avogadro
Avogadro lets you sketch and view molecules, crystals, biomolecules and surfaces in 3D. Built-in force fields tidy up hand-drawn structures in seconds, and the multithreaded renderer copes with systems of thousands of atoms. The renderer adds effects such as ambient occlusion, which helps with publication graphics, and you can export animations.
It reads many geometry file formats and can prepare input for computational chemistry calculations. It serves both students meeting 3D molecules for the first time and researchers in modelling, bioinformatics and materials science.
Strengths
- Handles systems of thousands of atoms
- Force fields quickly clean up sketched structures
- Reads a wide range of chemistry file formats
- Good-looking renders and animations
Limitations
- Assumes some chemistry background
- Not a full simulation package on its own
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- The Avogadro contributors
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Chemistry students and researchers building and viewing molecules in 3D
- Categories
- 3D and CAD, Learning tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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A KDE periodic table and chemistry reference with element data, calculators and a molecule editor.
Kalzium is a free KDE chemistry reference for Linux with a 3D molecule editor, periodic table and calculators, but it is narrower than Avogadro for building large molecular systems.
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